The young FC Barcelona winger entered the history of Spanish and European football on Friday evening. Lamine Yamal could make us forget the departure of Ousmane Dembélé to PSG.
16 years and 57 days, this is the new record for precocity in the Spanish selection. Lamine Yamal beat him on Friday in Georgia, on the occasion of the large victory for La Roja counting for Euro 2024 qualifying (1-7).
The FC Barcelona winger, who snatches this honorary title from his Catalan teammate Gavi, also scored in this unforgettable evening for the native of Esplugues de Llobregat.
With a curling left-footed shot (74th), the teenager broke another mark on Friday evening, that of the youngest scorer for the Spanish national team. And that’s not all !
Lamine Yamal, specifies the statisticians ofOptabecomes in passing the third youngest European in history to score for the national team after Sam Johnston in 1882 for Northern Ireland (15 years and 160 days) and József Horváth in 1906 for Hungary (16 years and 12 days).
Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest scorer for La Roja! 👀🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/449BHeUaF1
— the chain L’Équipe (@lachainelequipe) September 8, 2023
The leaders of FC Barcelona say that they may have a future talent in Lamine Yamal, capable, why not, of mitigating the departure of Ousmane Dembélé this summer at Paris Saint-Germain.
Xavi, the coach of the Spanish champions, will continue to use him on the right side, the position previously occupied by the French winger, left-handed like him.
Since the start of the season, Lamine Yamal has started three times in the first four days of La Liga.
